Lubbock bandmates No Dry County like pushing buttons

Knowing which buttons to push might have resulted in a big step forward for Lubbock band No Dry County.

The band’s second EP, “To Whom It May Concern,” was released Tuesday, and the band returns to Golden Light Cantina on Saturday to kick off a five-week tour to celebrate.

Lead singer Trent Langford said the new EP is the most collaborative recording yet by the band, and close quarters in the tour van and studio led to some creatively satisfying fights.

“We’ve learned how to work with each other over the last three years where we know what buttons to push (and) what buttons not to push,” Langford said. “You get in a van with four guys for 140, 150 days a year, you get tired of each other.

“We’ve learned how to work with each other and make music — that’s the most important thing — and how to argue and push for the best from each other without going over the top.

“I wouldn’t call them heated, but there were some good arguments, and usually out of that comes a good product.”

On its first EP, “Ella Rose,” the band recorded songs Langford had written on his own.

“This one is more of a cohesive effort, with everyone writing music and lyrics, too,” Langford said.

“We’re working a lot more together as one unit instead of four pieces with different ideas.”

And the teamwork resulted in an EP that takes chances, he said.

“We put some different things on there that we wouldn’t have put on the first CD ... (and) that normally you wouldn’t see in a country album or standard Americana album,” Langford said. “There’s everything from alt-rock to folk and even some punk references.

“It’s really more descriptive of where we come from, each of us, and our musical influences, instead of a bunch of guys trying to do a country album or an alt-country album.”